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| ar·sis [ rssiss ] (plural ar·ses [ r sz ]) |
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1. short syllable: in classical Greek and Roman verse, the short syllable or syllables in a metrical foot.
See also thesis (sense 6)
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2. accented syllable: in modern verse, the accented syllable in a metrical foot.
See also thesis (sense 7)
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| [14th century. Via late Latin, "raising of the voice to greater force, accented part of the metrical foot" < Greek, "raising (of the foot in beating time)"] |
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